CLEARWATER – An Indian Rocks Beach man died about 3:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, after losing control of his vehicle and hitting a tree on Feather Sound Drive in Clearwater.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Brian Nelson Winholtz, 26, was traveling eastbound on Feather Sound Drive west of Pelican Landing Boulevard in a 2002 Volvo S 60. For unknown reasons, Winholtz lost control of the vehicle, which traveled off the north side of the roadway.

Once the vehicle traveled to the shoulder of the road, the vehicle collided with a tree and came to a final rest. Winholtz died at the scene of the crash.